1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 19
Record| 3–5–1 (2–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Forest Evashevski (4th season)

MVP| Jerry Reichow
Captain| Cal Jones
Home stadium| Iowa Stadium

Seasons

<- 1954

1956 ->

1955 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Ohio State $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 2 Michigan State | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 12 Michigan | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Purdue | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Illinois | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Wisconsin | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Iowa | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Minnesota | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Indiana | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Northwestern | 0  | - | 6  | - | 1 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 24| Kansas State*| |

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| | W 28–7| 44,500|
October 1| at No. 17 Wisconsin| No. 14|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI (rivalry)

| | L 14–37| 53,509|
October 8| Indiana| |

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| | W 20–6| 51,576|
October 15| Purdue| |

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| | T 20–20| 52,137|
October 21| at No. 7 UCLA*| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | L 13–33| 75,692|
October 29| at Michigan| |

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

| NBC| L 21–33| 73,275| [1][2]
November 5| Minnesota| |

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA (rivalry)

| CBS| W 26–0| 52,459|
November 12| at Ohio State| |

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| | L 10–20| 82,701|
November 19| at Notre Dame*| |

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| | L 14–17| 59,955|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Roster

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1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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E | `88` | Jim Gibbons | So
E | `37` | Frank Gilliam | Sr
G | `62` | Calvin Jones (C) | Sr
OT | `77` | Alex Karras | So
QB | `25` | Jerry Reichow | Sr
HB | `41` | Eddie Vincent | Sr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Forest Evashevski

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Bump Elliott (assistant)
* Whitey Piro

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## Postseason awards

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* Cal Jones \- Outland Trophy, Consensus First-team All-American

See also: 1955 College Football All-America Team and 1955 All-Big Ten Conference football team

## 1956 NFL Draft

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Main article: 1956 NFL draft

Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Jerry Reichow | Quarterback | 4 | 38 | Detroit Lions
Jim Freeman | End | 5 | 50 | Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Vincent | Back | 6 | 72 | Los Angeles Rams
Calvin Jones | Guard | 9 | 98 | Detroit Lions
Roger Swedberg | Tackle | 12 | 136 | San Francisco 49ers

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## References

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1. ^ Lyall Smith (October 30, 1955). "U-M by a Miracle, 33-21! 20 Points in 9 Minutes". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 3D - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ Phil Douglis (October 30, 1955). "Michigan Rally Buries Iowa: Passing Humbles Hawkeyes, 33-21". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 7.
3. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

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Iowa Hawkeyes football

Venues|

* Iowa Field (1890–1929)
* Kinnick Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Iowa State
* Minnesota
* Nebraska
* Wisconsin

Culture & lore|

* History
* Herky the Hawk
* "Iowa Fight Song"
* Marching band
* Kinnick Wave

People|

* Head coaches
* Honorees
* NFL draftees
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